Nothing for preserving the body like having no heart.
We forget the origin of a parvenu if he remembers it; we remember it if he forgets it.
Let us respect gray Lairs, but, above all, our own.
It is not what we have but what we enjoy that constitutes our abundance.
Public opinion is a courtesan, whom we seek to please without respecting.
We are told to walk noiselessly through the world, that we may waken neither hatred, nor envy; but, alas! what can we do when they never sleep!